Very interesting – though several years old – article about food marketing in the realm of seafood. If you’re interested in how I linked to it, I was checking out the menu for a restaurant I’m visiting for a friend’s birthday tonight. The menu had Jonah Crab listed under the

Read this great article in the Washington Post today – what a cool idea! The naturalist Peter del Tredici (see article) is actually working on a field guide to “northeast urban plants”. Think about those abandoned lots you see – sprouting with many more plants and life than the local

the front garden – the lavendar died in the Snow-pocalypse so in the former lavender pots I have planted ….. granite rocks from my home of Maine since I don’t have time to grow anything else before moving (!) The herb pot contains marjoram, chives and thyme because the oregano